Jan 25, 2018   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Ystrategies Corp. Appoints Enterprise Innovation Expert Andrea Kates as Chief Innovation Officer

Ystrategies Corp. (“Ystrategies” or the “Company”) (OTC: YSTR), a publicly-traded venture capital firm focused on technology startups with disruptive intellectual property in the software and cleantech sectors, today announced the appointment of Andrea Kates as the Company’s Chief Innovation Officer. In this newly created position, she will lead Ystrategies’ initiatives in innovative portfolio acceleration and development through strategic partnerships.

A globally recognized thought leader in enterprise innovation and disruption, Ms. Kates is an expert at uncovering untapped opportunities and galvanizing strategic vision for enterprises and startups providing her expertise for companies like Copano Energy, ABB, Shell and GM. Her original research in cross-industry growth was published in her book, Find Your Next. She is an early pioneer in lean innovation, recently serving as CEO of LaunchPad Central, a San Francisco SaaS software company.

“Andrea Kates has few, if any, peers with the depth of expertise in bridging the gap to commercialization and strategic partnerships for exciting new technologies,” said Jim Kiles, Ystrategies’ CEO. “We are already working together on the acceleration of our efforts to increase power from wind farms with low-cost cloud computing and other opportunities across our portfolio.”

“I welcome the challenge of transforming promising new technologies into real, powerful growth engines for the cleantech sector,” said Ms. Kates.

Separately, Ystrategies announced that Paul Overby will transition into a new role as Vice President of Global Strategy. "I look forward to continue working with the Ystrategies team on the global opportunities that lie ahead," said Mr. Overby, who will remain as a Director to the Company.

About Ystrategies Corp.

Ystrategies is a publicly-traded venture capital firm concentrated on building disruptive businesses focused on critical issues such as renewable energy and clean technology. Ystrategies invests in science and technology emerging from the US National Laboratory System, incubators, businesses and academic institutions. The Company looks for market-ready technology with large addressable markets and intellectual property ready to engage identified customer segment partners in important commercial agreements. Investments are premised on closing strategic partner agreements as pathways to valuable exits. Ystrategies was founded by former Intel Capital Managing Director, Jim Kiles, who is supported by industry veterans Ashish Badjatia, Andrea Kates, Paul Overby, Jon Sigerman, Neil Cohen and Shirley Gee. Ystrategies has offices in Pittsburgh and San Francisco. For more information, visit Ystrategies’ website at: http://www.ystrategies.com.

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